Looking for some feedback / thoughts on my Level 19 Rogue before I train in 20

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Your build looks fine. You'll be able to open boxes your level with 2x pick/disarm fairly easily until around ... 40ish? By then you should have saved up enough TPs to get 4 ranks of spell research, letting you 2x the rest of the way to cap (though at cap you'll struggle with 1/3rd of your like-level boxes if you're only 2x pick/disarm by then). There will be some exceptions to this, like undead boxes being notoriously hard for their level, but you'll be able to figure that out as you go along.

If you want to be super safe with scarabs, 5-10 ranks of arcane symbols will make scarabs a breeze, provided you don't fumble a roll. You can still get by without any arcane symbols, but you'll want to disarm your scarabs twice to be safe (which loses a little value).

If you need to cut some TP fat, Derex has the right targets. You can always skimp on armor and pickpocketing is more of a roleplaying than lucrative investment with the current population numbers.

Part of the ?? was Stats. Wisdom will help you greatly in disarming down the road, and it's a little too far tanked. While your main growing stats are pushed higher.. Which is no big deal if you plan on buying a fixstat down the road but for right now I feel like even if your end goal is level 50 some of your main stats are higher than what they need to be while others are tanked.

I'd put armor on hold at least until you are caught up to only 1x.. you're already good for brig.. that will free up points for learning up to 404 slowly, or possibly 1.5x shield instead of just 1x... or even some dodge... and 2x CM has to be a killing as far as TP's go..you could probably taper that off just a bit to become more well rounded in other skills.

Also i guess society comes into play, with are you using spirit or stamina?

I know there’s a point where dodge isn’t all that useful when you have a tower shield and the right amount of shield training, but I forget what that point is. You might need to consider that. I think it’s something like 2x shield with a tower leaving you needing zero dodge vs 1x shield leaving you needing 1x dodge to make the same EVP difference. But I could be wrong. It’s been a decade since I used a shield.

I know there’s a point where dodge isn’t all that useful when you have a tower shield and the right amount of shield training, but I forget what that point is. You might need to consider that. I think it’s something like 2x shield with a tower leaving you needing zero dodge vs 1x shield leaving you needing 1x dodge to make the same EVP difference. But I could be wrong. It’s been a decade since I used a shield.